Almost 300 years after Dormer's purchase, as a result of a lawsuit in 1810, it was found that, as the school property had been conveyed to Dormer by a deed dated 10 August 1540, the school was therefore now the property of Dormer's heir at law, but that " it was impracticable at such a distance of time to ascertain who was such heir at law ".
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Almost 300 years after Dormer's purchase, as a result of a lawsuit in 1810, it was found that, as the school property had been conveyed to Dormer by a deed dated 10 August 1540, the school was therefore now the property of Dormer's heir at law, but that " it was impracticable at such a distance of time to ascertain who was such heir at law ".
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In response O'Connell, no less skilled in invective, denounced him as the'worst possible type of Jew'- " He has just the qualities of that impertinent thief on the cross, and I verily believe, if Mr . Disraeli's family herald were to be examined and his genealogy traced, that same personage would be discovered to be the heir at law of the exalted individual to whom I allude ."
